A minister's wife discovers salvation is just another cage in industrial Scotland.
Season 1 • Episode 4
LatestChris and Robert are wearied by life as they increasingly find they can do little to help the townsfolk. The mills' demise leaves families homeless with devastating consequences.
Dramatisation of the second part of Lewis Grassic Gibbon's 'Scots Quair' trilogy, in which Chris is now married to the minister of a small industrial town.
Acting
Vivien Heilbron's restrained, heartbreaking performance.
Writing
Gibbon's lyrical prose adapted with brutal honesty.
Cinematography
Grey Scottish skies as emotional landscape.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of the 'Scots Quair' trilogy, one of Scotland's most celebrated literary works about the rural working class between the wars.
Vivien Heilbron originated the role of Chris in stage adaptations before this BBC dramatization.
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